Stocking



w. D. Bu-rz TOCKING April 19 1927.

Filed Sept. 6, 1922 Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STOOKHIG.

Application filed September 6, 1922. Serial No. 586,435.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel stocking of highly ornamental appeernnce and of great strength and durnbility.

In the attached drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the lower portion of a. stocking embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary development of a portion of the stocking showing the panel construction.

In forming my stocking, 1 may and preferubly do knit the upper portion, 1, ol the leg to a point at or slightly above the unklo in the usual manner. At thispoint, I introduce with the knitting-thread an :mxilieur or s licing thread or a number of such thrcuc s, or I otherwise render the fabric heavier as by using a thread or threads of greuter weight than was employed in knitting the upper portion, 1, of the stocking.

\Vhere the splicing thread is employed, this method being preferred by reason of greater simplicity, I knit from the point of introduction one or more consecutive coursescompletely around or across the clocking, whereby in the completed article there'is formed a band,- 2 of the. heavier l'ubrlo completcly around the clocking. I then for one or more courses float the splicing yarn across that portion of the fabric which constitutes in the finished article the front of the stocking, the length of the limits being such as to give a predetermined desired ettect. Following the course or C(llll'SQj in which the splicing yarn is floated as describcd, I again knit one or more courses with the splicing yurn completely around or across the stocking with the lornmtion of another complete band of the heavier 'l'ubrh:.

As a result of these consecutive operations, there is formed at the front of the Stocking a panel, 3, of lighter fabric of predetermined width and breadth entirely surrounded by the heavier materiel caused by introduction of the splicing yarn. Also, by alternating the aforedescribed operations, I 'zun able to provide a. stocking having a series of such panels extending down the front, from any point on the leg, depending upon the point at which the splicing yarn is introduced, and, if desired, entirely ncrose the foot, on illnetrnted in the drawings.

It will be apparent that a stocking made in accordance with my invention may have all the nd\-'anta es of what is commonly deeigneted the doulile sole and high-spliced heel clocking, and that further the operutionza may be adj ne ted to give considerable van-in tion in the appearance of the stocking. Vuriety may also be had in the color or colors of the splicing yarn, or in employing as the "sp]ic1ng yarn one capable of taking it dye to which the normal knitting yarn in immune.

It will be widen-stood that the invention is not limited to the hereindcscribed' particular method of forming the panels, nor to any particular type or make of stocking, and that "further there may be considerable variation in design with no departure from the cssentiul features of the invention.

I claim l l. A stocking comprising a reinforcml area at the back, with bands of the reinforced fabric extending at intervals across the front. of the stocking and confining thercbetuecu panels of the lnn'einforccd fabric.

2. A stocking comprising an area at lllu buck reinforced by r-plicing, with hands oi the reinforced l nbric extending at "intervals :u'roes the front of the stocking and confining lhcrebetween panels of the unreinlorccd fabric.

3. A stocking comprising at reinforced urea at the buck extending over approximately one-half the circumfcrcme oi. the stocking, and hands of the reinforced fabric extending at intervals across the front of the stocking and establishing at the front regreored panels of unremforced fabric.

-l. Stocking comprising reinforced areas at the buck and under the foot. with bands of the reinforced fabric extending at intcr vols across the front of the stocking and over the fool to form a series of punch; of the unreinforced fabric extending down the front of the stocking and over the foot.

"WALTER D. BUTZ.

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